CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has gone head-to-head with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi this week — and neither side is backing down.

Cooper interviewed Bondi Tuesday afternoon about the gay nightclub shooting massacre, but during the live broadcast in front of an Orlando hospital, he also grilled her about her history of opposing marriage equality and other LGBT issues.

“Anderson, I don’t believe gay people could do harm to the state of Florida,” Bondi said to Cooper during their back-and-forth. He then responded: “But you argued that in court.”

On Wednesday morning, Bondi took the acrimonious confrontation to the next level by firing back at Cooper on a morning radio show, something that he took issue with in a special CNN segment later that afternoon.

“As a rule, I think it is important that reporters don’t become a part of the story … we try to keep the focus on where it should be, on the victims and the families. But today the attorney general went on a radio show and made some claims about our interview with are just factually incorrect.

In her interview on WOR’s “Len Berman and Todd Schnitt in the Morning” radio show, Bondi lambasted Cooper for accusing her of “hypocrisy” in having fought against same-sex marriage for many years before now claiming herself to be a champion of the LGBT community.

“There’s a time and place for everything, but yesterday wasn’t the time nor the place in front of a hospital when we could have been helping victims,” Bondi said, claiming that instead of helping the victims with his position as “the champion for the LGBT community,” Cooper chose to “encourage anger and hate” by confronting her. “Yesterday was about unity … bringing people together,” she added.

“Before we went live, I said ‘Anderson, there are all the issues we need to talk about to help people people with.’ He said, ‘OK, thats great.'”

They talked for a few minutes about potential scams — like shady funeral homes and fake GoFundMe pages — targeting people since the tragedy. But he said Wednesday that it was not true that she was booked to talk about them in the first place. “Nowhere in these notes were scams mentioned,” he said, while displaying the pre-interview notes.

“So instead of talking about what her office suggested, I chose to ask her about comments she herself has publicly made on numerous other television appearances over just the last few days — comments that seem contradictory to her record in dealing with gays and lesbians in her state,” he said.

Bondi said that “he cut out the entire first portion” of the interview — even though it aired live Tuesday afternoon — and Cooper pointed out that she was referring to an edited clip that posted later online.

“But lets be real here — Ms. Bondi’s big complaint seems to be that I asked in the first place in the wake of a massacre that targeted gay and lesbian citizens, that I asked about her new statements about the gay community, and about her old ones,” he explained.

Bondi said Cooper’s line of questioning didn’t help the families gain trust in her office when she was trying to help. “Of course, I have been getting horrible hatred emails and texts now based on Anderson’s story. So that was just sad because he had the opportunity to bring our country together yesterday and talk about what’s right and what’s good instead of a story filled with anger.”

CNN has a variety of programs hosted by a diverse group of anchors. Some viewers prefer hosts with a legal background, such as Chris Cuomo, while others prefer polarizing figures such as Don Lemon. But who is the most popular? We're glad we asked on your behalf, because here are CNN’s Top 10 daily news programs, based on total viewers*.

*Numbers from April 2016.

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10. “Morning Express” with Robin Meade is technically on CNN spinoff network HLN, but she is often featured on CNN specials such as “Quiz Show” and averages 282,000 viewers.

7. “At This Hour” with John Berman and Kate Bolduan is anchored by two rising stars at the network, where they've been used on various programs as replacement hosts. Together, their 11 a.m. ET broadcast recently averaged 599,000.

6. "CNN Newsroom" is hosted by Brooke Baldwin, Carol Costello, Fredricka Whitfield and Poppy Harlow, but never at the same time, being a single-anchor program. It's 640,000-viewer average is split between the show's two primary dayparts: Costello's, from 9-11 a.m. ET, and Baldwin's, from 2-4 p.m. ET.

2. “CNN Tonight” with Don Lemon is the network's second most popular show, averaging 807,000 viewers in April. It typically airs at 10 p.m. ET, but is often extended or shifted for coverage of breaking news.

1. Anderson Cooper’s “AC360” is the most-watched show on CNN according to recent figures, averaging 988,000 viewers in April. In its primetime 8 p.m. ET timeslot, the show is often the home of political town halls and exclusive interviews.

The network’s top daily news programs, based on total viewers during April 2016

CNN has a variety of programs hosted by a diverse group of anchors. Some viewers prefer hosts with a legal background, such as Chris Cuomo, while others prefer polarizing figures such as Don Lemon. But who is the most popular? We're glad we asked on your behalf, because here are CNN’s Top 10 daily news programs, based on total viewers*.